3 - renamed :mksyntax to :mkvimruntime which now generates
5 - Vimball packages are no longer available.
6 • Removed <F1> and <A-F1> mappings.
7 • Add :private command.
8 • Better per-window private browsing support.
11 • Extensive Firefox 4 support, including:
12 - Fully restartless. Can now be installed, uninstalled,
13 enabled, disabled, and upgraded without restarting Firefox.
15 - Tabs in :buffer completions and listings are grouped
16 by panorama groups. [b1]
17 - Only visible tabs are considered in tab numbering,
19 • Performance improvements:
20 - Improved startup time by a factor of 7. [b1]
21 - Further improved startup time. [b6]
22 - Significant completion speed improvements, especially for
24 • Added site-local and script-local groups: [b6]
25 - Added the :group command to define and select groups.
26 - Added the -group flag to :abbreviate, :autocmd, :command,
27 :map, :style, and friends.
28 - Mappings and commands can now be bound to groups which
29 execute only for certain websites.
30 - Autocommands, commands, mappings, and styles are now
31 automatically added to per-script groups so that most traces
32 of a script can be easily purged.
33 • Greatly improved private mode support and :sanitize command.
34 - Full integration with Firefox data clearing dialogs. [b3]
35 - Support for sanitizing items at shutdown. [b3]
36 - Fine-grained control over what data is sanitized and for
38 - Support for sanitizing reference to particular hosts,
39 everywhere from command-line and message history to option
40 values and cookies. [b1]
41 • New and much more powerful incremental search implementation.
42 Improvements over the standard Firefox find include:
43 - Starts at the cursor position in the currently selected
44 frame, unlike Firefox, which always starts at the start of
46 - Returns the cursor and viewport to their original position
48 - Backtracks to the first successful match after pressing
50 - Supports reverse incremental search. [b1]
51 - Input boxes are not focused when matches are highlighted. [b1]
52 - Crude regular expression search is supported. [b8]
53 - New searches now start within the current viewport where possible. [b8]
54 • Text editing improvements, including:
55 - Added t_gu, t_gU, and v_o mappings. [b8]
56 - Added t_<C-a> and t_<C-a> mappings. [b8]
57 - Added o_c, o_d, and o_y mappings. [b8]
58 - Added register and basic kill ring support, t_" and
59 I_<C-'>/I_<C-"> mappings, and :registers command. [b8]
60 - Added operator modes and proper first class motion maps. [b8]
61 - Improved undo support for most mappings. [b8]
62 • General completion improvements
63 - Greatly improved completion rendering performance, especially
65 - Added c_<C-f>, c_<C-b>, c_<C-Tab>, and c_<C-S-Tab> for scrolling
66 the completion list in increments larger than one line. [b8]
67 - Improved handling of asynchronous completions, including: [b8]
68 + Pressing <Return> after tabbing past the end of already received
69 completions will execute the command after the desired result has
71 + Tabbing past the end of available completions more reliably selects
72 the desired completion when it is available.
73 + Late arriving completion results no longer interfere with typing.
74 + It is now possible to skip past the end of incomplete completion
75 groups via the c_<C-f> and c_<C-Tab> keys.
76 - JavaScript completion improvements, including: [b2]
77 + The prototype of the function whose arguments are currently
78 being typed is displayed during completion.
79 + Non-enumerable global properties are now completed for the
80 global object, including XMLHttpRequest and encodeURI.
81 - The concept of completion contexts is now exposed to the user
82 (see :contexts), allowing for powerful and fine-grained
83 completion system customization. [b1]
84 • Ex command parsing improvements, including:
85 - Multiple Ex commands may now be separated by | [b1]
86 - Commands can continue over multiple lines in RC files by
87 prefixing the continuation lines with a \ [b3]
88 - The \ character is no longer treated specially within single
89 quotes, i.e., 'fo\o''bar' ⇒ fo\o'bar [b1]
90 • IMPORTANT: Command script files now use the *.penta file extension. [b2]
91 • IMPORTANT: Plugins are now loaded from the 'plugins/'
92 directory in 'runtimepath' rather than 'plugin/'. [b1]
93 • The command line is now hidden by default. Added c, C, and M to
95 • Hints mode improvements, including:
96 - Added [;A] extended hint mode. [rc2]
97 - Added [g;] continued extended hints mode, which allows
98 selecting multiple hints. Removed ;F. [b1]
99 - Hints are now updated after scrolling and window resizing. [b3]
100 - [;s] now prompts for a filename on the command-line rather
101 than in a dialog. [b5]
102 - Added [;a] and [;S] modes for creating bookmarks and search keywords. [b4][b3]
103 - Added 'hintkeys' option. [b2]
104 - Added "transliterated" option to 'hintmatching'. [b1]
105 • The external editor can now be configured to open to a given
106 line number and column, used for opening source links and
107 editing input fields with i_<C-i>. See :h 'editor'. [b4]
108 • Improved [macro-string] support, including automatic elision
109 of optional elements, and array subscripts. [b4][b7]
110 • Added -pentadactyl-remote command-line option. [b8]
111 • Moved the smooth-scroll plugin to the core. [b8]
112 • Improvements to marks:
113 - Marks are now stored as line and column ordinals rather than percentages. [b8]
114 - Marks now store the marked element and ensure its visibility when followed. [b8]
116 - It's now possible to map keys in many more modes, including
117 Hint, Multi-line Output, and Menu. [b4]
118 - <C-o> and <C-i> now behave more like Vim. [b8]
119 - n_G now uses 'linenumbers' to determine destination if possible. [b8]
120 - Added n_s and n_S. [b8]
121 - Added Operator mode for motion maps, per Vim. [b8]
122 - Added site-specific mapping groups and related command
124 - Added 'timeout' and 'timeoutlen' options. [b6]
125 - Added n_{, n_}, n_[ and n_] mappings. [b7]
126 - Added n_g], n_[d and n_]d. [b8]
127 - Added <C-t> to open the next mapping in a new tab. [b8]
128 - Added <A-b> to execute a builtin mapping. [b6]
129 - Added <A-m>l and <A-m>s to aid in the construction of
131 - Added <Pass> pseudo-key. [b6]
132 - Removed the implicit page load delays during macro playback. [b6]
133 - Added the base modes Base, Main, and Command which other
134 modes inherit key bindings from. [b6]
136 - :viusage, :optionusage and :exusage were replaced with :listkeys,
137 :listoptions and :listcommands, providing more powerful and
138 consistent interactive help facility (improvements include
139 listing keys for modes other than Normal, filtering the output,
140 and linking to source code definitions). [b4]
141 - :downloads now opens a download list in the multi-line output
142 buffer. Added -sort flag. [b6][b7]
143 - :style now supports regexp site-filters on Firefox 6+. [b7]
144 - :qa closes only the current window, per Vim. [b7]
145 - Added :background command. [b8]
146 - Removed :bwipeout and :bunload aliases. Changed :bdelete and
147 :tabclose semantics slightly. The latter now only operates on
149 - Added -id flag to :bmark command and changed updating semantics. [b8]
150 - Added :exit command. [b7]
151 - Added :dlclear command. [b7]
152 - :extensions has been replaced with a more powerful :addons. [b6]
153 - :javascript! now opens a Read Eval Print Loop. [b6]
154 - Added -arg flag to :map. [b6]
155 - Added -literal flag to :command. [b6]
156 - Added :completions command. [b6]
157 - Added :cookies command. [b3]
158 - :extadd now supports remote URLs as well as local files on Firefox 4. [b2]
159 - Added :if/:elseif/:else/:endif conditionals. [b3]
160 - Added -charset and -post to :bmark. [b5]
161 - Added -keyword, -tags, -title to :delbmarks. [b2]
162 - Added :extrehash, :exttoggle, :extupdate, and :rehash commands. [b5]
163 - :abclear, :comclear and :mapclear have been substituted by a bang now
164 accepted by :unabbreviate, :delcommand and :unmap, respectively. [b6]
165 - Added :feedkeys command. [b4]
166 - Added -sort option to :history. [b4]
167 - Added several new options, including -javascript, to :abbreviate and
169 - Added :mksyntax command to auto-generate Vim syntax files. [b4]
170 - Added 's' and 'e' flags to :pageinfo command. [b7]
171 - Added :pintab and :unpintab commands. [b7]
172 - Extension manipulation commands, including :extenable, :extdisable,
173 and :exttoggle, now accept a -types argument. [b7]
174 - :tabmove now moves to the position of tab N, not after it.
175 Without arguments it no longer moves the tab to the end of
177 - :open now only opens files beginning with /, ./, ../, or ~/ [b1]
178 - :saveas now provides completions for default file names, and
179 automatically chooses a filename when the save target is a
181 - :sidebar now accepts a ! flag to toggle the sidebar rather
182 than open it unconditionally. [b6]
183 - Added :write !cmd and :write >>file. [b3]
184 - Added :yank command. [b3]
185 - :delmarks, :marks and :qmarks now also accept ranges, same as
187 - :command now accepts comma-separated alternative command names. [b4]
188 - :command -complete custom now also accepts a completions array, see
189 :h :command-completion-custom. [b4]
190 - Removed :beep. [b2]
191 - Removed :edit, :tabedit, and :winedit aliases. [b2]
192 - Removed :play. [b2]
193 • Improvements to :style and :highlight:
194 - Added -link flag to :highlight. [b4]
195 - Added -agent flag to :style. [b2]
196 - The -append flag now updates existing properties rather than
197 simply appending its arguments to the previous value. [b4]
198 - Active filters are now highlighted in :style listings. [b4]
199 - :style-related commands now divide their completions between
200 those active and inactive for the current site. [b4]
201 - CSS property name completion is now available. [b4]
202 - :delstyle, :styleenable, :styledisable and :styletoggle accept a !
203 to operate on all styles. [b6]
204 - Added Find highlighting group. [b7]
205 • IMPORTANT option changes:
206 - Option value quoting has changed. List options will
207 no longer be split at quoted commas and the option name,
208 operators, and = sign may no longer be quoted. This will
209 break certain automatically-generated configuration files.
210 See :help [stringlist]. [b2]
211 - Boolean options no longer accept an argument. [b4]
212 - 'cdpath' and 'runtimepath' no longer treat ",,"
213 specially. Use "." instead. [b2]
214 - 'complete' is now a [stringlist] rather than a [charlist]
215 and supports native autocomplete providers. [b8]
216 - 'extendedhinttags' is now a [regexpmap] rather than a
218 - 'guioptions' default value has changed. [b4][b7]
219 - 'hinttags' and 'extendedhinttags' now treat their values as
220 CSS selectors by default. [b6]
221 - 'incsearch', 'hlsearch', 'ignorecase', and 'smartcase' have
222 been replaced with 'incfind', 'hlfind', and 'findcase'. [b4]
223 - 'laststatus' has been replaced with the "s" flag in
225 - 'linksearch' has been removed. The \l search modifier can
226 still be used for this purpose. [b4]
227 - 'loadplugins' is now a [regexplist] option rather than
229 - Made 'mapleader' an option rather than a :let variable. [b4]
230 - Removed the 'mapleader' option. [rc2]
231 - 'passkeys' is now a [sitemap] with key chain support rather
232 than a [regexpmap]. [b6]
233 - The precise format of 'sanitizeitems' has changed slightly. [b8]
234 - 'showmode' is now a [regexplist]. [b6]
235 - 'showstatuslinks' and 'showtabline' are now [string] options. [b4]
236 • Other option changes:
237 - Added [stringmap], [regexplist], and [regexpmap] option
239 - Added [sitelist] and [sitemap] option types. [b6]
240 - Added "bookmarks", "diverted", and "links" to 'activate'
242 - Added 'altwildmode' and c_<A-Tab> command-line key binding. [b2]
243 - Added 'autocomplete' option for specifying which completion
244 groups should be auto-completed. [b2]
245 - Added 'banghist' option. [b1]
246 - Added 'cookies', 'cookieaccept', and 'cookielifetime' options. [b3]
247 - Added 'downloadsort' option. [b7]
248 - Added 'findflags' option. [b8]
249 - Replaced 'focuscontent' with 'strictfocus'. [b1]
250 - Made 'strictfocus' a [sitemap]. [b7]
251 - 'complete' now defaults to "slf" but file completion only
252 triggers when the URL begins as above. [b1]
253 - Added 'jumptags' option. [b7]
254 - Added 'linenumbers' option. [b8]
255 - Added 's' flag to 'pageinfo' and changed default value. [b7]
256 - Added 'passkeys' option. [b3]
257 - Added 'passunknown' option. [b7]
258 - Changed 'urlseparator' default value to "|". [b3]
259 - Added "passwords", and "venkman" dialogs to :dialog. [b2][b8]
260 - Added 'scrollsteps' and 'scrolltime' options. [b8]
261 - Added 'spelllang' option. [b8]
262 - Make 'showmode' a [stringlist] option. [b7]
263 - Added 'wildanchor' option. [b2]
264 - Added 'yankshort' option. [b8]
265 • Added BookmarkChange, BookmarkRemove autocommands. [b2]
266 • Removed the :source line at the end of files generated by
267 :mkpentadactylrc. [b2]
268 • n_gf now toggles between source and content view.
269 The | key binding has been removed. [b1]
270 • Page zoom information is now shown in the status bar, and
271 change in zoom status no longer appears in :messages. [b1]
272 • Added n_ZO, n_ZI, n_ZM, and n_ZR as aliases for n_zO, n_zI,
274 • Completion list now behaves better when the multi-line output
275 window is displayed. [b1]
276 • Major help system improvements:
277 - Plugins may now provide full-fledged :help documentation. [b1]
278 - Add basic plugin authorship documentation. [b1]
279 - The help system is newly modularized and features significant
280 updates, rewrites, and formatting improvements. [b1]
281 - Added <A-F1> to open the single, consolidated help page. [b5]
283 # vim:set ft=conf sts=2 sw=2 et fo=tcn2 tw=68: